p. 12 | A BLESSED SERVICE

Pacific Press Publishing Company · MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA · Sep 27, 1905

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 31, No. 39.

A BLESSED SERVICE.

GOD gave me something very sweet, To be mine own this day; A precious opportunity, A word for Christ to say; A soul that my desires might reach, A work to do for Him; And now I thank Him for this grace, Ere yet the light grows dim.

No service that He sends me on Can be so welcome, aye, To guide a pilgrim's weary feet Within the narrow way; To share the tender Shepherd's quest, And so by brake and fen, To find for Him His wandering lambs, The erring sons of men.

I did not seek this blessed thing; It came a rare surprise, Flooding my heart with dearest joy, As, lifting wistful eyes, The presence of a third, I felt Was waiting, One divine.

So in this twilight hour I kneel, And pour my grateful thought In song, and prayer to Jesus For what this day has brought. Sure, never service is so sweet, Nor life hath so much zest, As when He bids me speak for Him, And then He does the rest.

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